Example sentences of "[vb past] the few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held out the salver to Galvone who took the sheet , unfolded it , read the few words on the paper and handed it to Hauser . |
| 2 | They checked the few patients in the waiting-room , and Kathleen got Amy to sort them into priority , talking through the decision-making process as she did so . |
| 3 | She then swept the kitchen floor , knowing her aunt would wish this to be done , and as she swished the few crumbs into the dustpan she heard Silas moving furniture in the dining-room . |
| 4 | That feat accomplished Eubank provided the few thrills against Thornton 's dogged , but unconvincing , attacks . |
| 5 | Dropping the kids off at my mother-in-law 's , I trudged the few miles to the hospital taking the short cut through the grounds to the usual ward . |
| 6 | Then he turned the few feet to Creggan 's cage and stared up to where Creggan had taken stance on the bare branch of wood that hung across his cage . |
| 7 | Holly kicked the snow from his shoes against the jamb of the door and climbed the few steps into Hut 2 . |
| 8 | He rose , flung his arms wide , took a deep inhalation of sea air and climbed the few paces to the top of the dune where he would be visible to the clothed . |
| 9 | Instead he silently walked the few feet between them and put his arms round her . |
| 10 | Elisabeth walked the few metres down the path to the round dolmen . |
| 11 | She walked the few steps towards him , her legs shaking like a toddler 's , and stood in front of him , waiting . |
| 12 | Without conscious intent he walked the few steps to the bookshop . |
| 13 | So we all walked the few steps to Wuthering Heights . |
| 14 | They began to bark as she walked the few yards to his front door . |
| 15 | He punted the few yards to the shore . |
| 16 | There was some light left as they motored the few miles to The Towers . |
| 17 | The girls had washed and put away the cups and plates , covered the few squares of sandwiches that remained with a damp cloth . |
| 18 | Ashamed of her excess of imagination , she let herself out into the street and covered the few yards to her car under the trees . |
| 19 | Linda jumped out and went the few paces to the garage , unlocking the door and sliding it part way open . |
| 20 | The wound plagued an injured nerve for the last time as he took the few steps to the trapdoor under the beam . |
| 21 | So I rung them again and said it was dangerous and they came out more or less straight away and did the few holes at the top . |
| 22 | But his lady stole the scene ; and those who remembered the few lines in the newspapers about Dinah Asshe some years ago stowed them , charitably , in the backs of their minds . |
| 23 | Breeze , hastening home under a sky full of stars and swift , transparent clouds , remembered the few occasions on which she had passed through its impressive portals . |
| 24 | Now she thought that if she had to clear the table once more , put the few plates in the dish-washer , put the cereal packet away , brush the crumbs from the table top , she would scream and go on screaming : scream until the plaster started to crack from the walls and the neighbours gathered to stand whispering outside the window and the cat fled in terror . |
| 25 | And when he died , he left the few bits in the cottage to Billy . |
| 26 | She jumped out and ran the few feet to where a man was struggling out of his jeep , which had tipped onto one side with the two left wheels suspended above the open gully . |
| 27 | As soon as the , the door was cleared from the door frame er giving us sufficient room for myself to get through with the the large C-shield with myself and P C ran the few paces down the hall way to the door at the end of the hall way . |
| 28 | He ran the few yards to the fence . |
| 29 | PC Golby , still in a state of shock and incredulity , ran the few yards to the turnpike cottage . |
| 30 | With a prayer of thankfulness I rowed the few yards to her , made fast the dinghy to a cleat on her transom , and climbed on board . |